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Former New Zealand prime minister and pandemic prep …

Former Irish President Mary Robinson, left, and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, both members of Elders, "an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet" founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007, hold an interview to discuss the group's progress, Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Tornado-damaged Pfizer plant in North Carolina restarts …

FILE - Debris is scattered around the Pfizer facility, July 19, 2023, in Rocky Mount, N.C., after damage from severe weather. The major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina that makes critical supplies for U.S. hospitals has restarted production about 10 weeks after it was heavily damaged by a tornado, the company announced Monday, Sept. 25. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Missouri says clinic that challenged transgender treatment …

FILE - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters after taking the Oath of Office in Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 3, 2023. Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care by filing a new lawsuit accusing the clinic of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect August 2023. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills to enhance the …

FILE - Participants take part in the annual LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday, June 9, 2019. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, aimed at bolstering the state's protections for LGBTQ+ people, despite a controversial veto the day before that was criticized by advocates. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Pakistan recalls an injectable medicine causing eye infection, …

Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the …

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 13, 2022. President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Some providers are dropping gender-affirming care for …

A stockpile of testosterone sits on a shelf in Becky Hormuth's kitchen Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Wentzville, Mo. Hormuth has been carefully dosing the drug given to her 16-year-old because she is fearful of losing care for her son who came out as transgender about four years ago as some states have worked to ban gender-affirming for minors. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying …

CORRECTS BYLINE TO MARK TESKE, NOT DEBORAH KOTZ - In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, surgeons perform a pig heart transplant into Lawrence Faucette at the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September 2023. Two days after the transplant, Lawrence was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, doctors said Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Deborah Kotz/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)

Brazil’s top court opens vote on decriminalizing …

Supreme Court President Rosa Weber presides over a session to decide on whether to overturn or maintain a ruling on the legality of boundaries for vast Indigenous lands in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Six of the 11 Supreme Court justices went on to vote against establishing a cut-off date after which Indigenous peoples could not claim new territory. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)

Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage …

FILE - Connor Thonen-Fleck addresses reporters while his parents stand by his side, Monday March 11, 2019, in Durham, N.C., at the announcement of a lawsuit against North Carolina officials over how the state health plan is run. A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have broad-ranging implications on whether individual states are constitutionally required to cover healthcare for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance. (AP Photo/ Jonathan Drew, FIle)

An Idaho man has measles. Health officials are trying …

Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID …

FILE - COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023. The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an …

Kai Koerber showcases his app, Joy, on Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Berkeley, Calif. Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members on Valentine's Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he says he wanted to do something to help people manage their emotions on their own terms. The result was Joy, which uses artificial intelligence to suggest bite-sized mindfulness activities for people based on how they are feeling. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

England’s National Health Service operates on holiday-level …

Junior doctors and medical consultants stand on the picket line outside University College Hospital in London, amid their dispute with the government over pay, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)